Precocity Identification Scale and Indicators of Giftedness: an instrument under construction

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, Bárbara Amaral
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Educação Especial (UFSM)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/educacaoespecial/article/view/53154
• topic: Special Education; giftedness; mensuration instruments.; Educación Especial; superdotación; instrumentos de medición.; Educação Especial; altas habilidades/superdotação; instrumentos de mensuração.

It is estimated that the phenomenon of giftedness is present among individuals in the same proportion as the intellectual disability. However, the School Census records show the invisibility of this public in our schools, despite the social contributions that it may come to provide. Students with giftedness need to be properly identified so that the educational measures necessary for the maximum development of their potential can be taken. Thus, the objective of this research is to evaluate the items of a scale of identification of precocious students with indicators of giftedness in Primary School and to verify their consistency. As an instrument for teachers, we have the participation of 28 teachers, 18 evaluated each of the 75 items on the scale and 10 applied it to a sample of 71 students. From the collection of opinions and statistical analysis, ten items were considered to be ineffective and therefore excluded. It was statistically verified that the instrument is reliable. Further analysis is necessary to verify its validity.